Memory Storage: It used to be thought that information is planted in long term memory through repetition. Today, we know that information transfers to long term memory through association between new data and the already stored information. Affirmations that Don’t Work: Ever promised yourself, “I’m going to do better, I’m going to do better, I’m not going to eat so much junk food, I’m going to eat healthier” to find you ate even more? Most try such affirmations hoping the repetition, earnestness, positive words and thoughts will transform a habitual negative behavior. Wrong! Truth is, for the most part, just the opposite transpires. You often end up doing more of what you don’t want and less of what you do want. Affirmations done in this way just may be a part of the problem, not a part of the solution. On a conscious brain and body awareness level, you made a promise that the unconscious brain and body did not hear, understand or agree to. Often times, the more the incongruent affirmation is repeated, the further into despair and failure you can sink. Sometimes the only result is increased guilt, hopelessness, powerlessness and self doubt that further sabotage your positive intention to change. Detrimental early experiences, generational coding, and environmental learning drive the unconscious reactions and are not readily resolved with traditional affirmations, medicine, or treatments. Learning new habits requires unlearning existing ones. For several reasons, it is easier to learn something new than to unlearn something old. First, many factors influence how information is stored in the memory. The hippocampus part of the brain records a lifetime of experiences and thoughts. One thought connects to another. Information is retrieved by searching through the network of interconnections to the place where it is stored. The more frequently a path of retrieval is followed, the stronger the path becomes. It took years to create the negative part in the first place, so how many repetitions would it take to create a new one in it’s place? You could just try harder, but the latest scientific research found it takes at least a 1000 repetitions before a habit begins to change on the unconscious level. Most people are not motivated to commit to such a long term process of repetions, no matter how much they desire the outcome. Second, the unconscious does not hear or process negative words. Traditionally, affirmations state what you don’t want, plus what you do want. For example, you may say, “I’m not going to eat ice cream every day, because I don’t want to get fat so I’ll choose more fruits and vegetables.” Your unconscious hears, “I’m going to eat ice cream, I’m going to get fat, I’m going to choose more fruits and vegetables.” These messages are usually enhanced mentally with pictures of ice cream and being fat instead of eating healthy vegetables and a healthy body. Affirmations That Work! Most spend far more time thinking what they don’t want than what they desire. Each time you think about a problem in a particular habitual way, the mental circuits or pathways get activated and strengthen with each recall. Through time, mental ruts form that makes it difficult to reorganize information, or see it from a different perspective, much less choose a different behavior. Reversal Conflict Tapping Technique uses a combination of energy modalities including Touch for health, Eye Movement Desensitization, and the Acupuncture Meridian System. The goal is to 1) confuse and weaken negative habits and neural pathways, and 2) replace and strengthen new, positive patterns of connections between the nerve cells, so increasing the odds are that you will call up the new memory. Real change without the struggle can be realized when the unconscious and conscious brain and body are congruent. Given the right tools, all parts are willing, ready and able to change. Reversal Conflict Tapping Technique: Technique: Goal: Confuse and delete old habits and install a new ones.
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